Cracking Clitocybe vs Painted Woolly Bat

Clitocybe rivulosa compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Cracking Clitocybe is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cracking Clitocybe	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Clitocybe	Kerivoula
Species	Clitocybe rivulosa	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Cracking Clitocybe

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cracking Clitocybe	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cracking Clitocybe

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.